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The FTC's new report reveals how social media giants collect data, share it with third parties, and create detailed profiles for their own and others' use.

Want to know if your friends have read your messages? Facebook Messenger will tell you when your message has been sent, delivered and read.

Say goodbye to annoying Facebook posts! This under-the-radar setting lets you filter out clickbait, fake news, disturbing images, and more.

 Default encryption is here – find out the benefits and limitations. Plus, learn how Secure Storage works to keep your conversations secure and accessible.

I performed a complete analysis of every Facebook privacy setting. Get my recommendations for the changes you should make to protect your privacy.

These steps will help you delete a Facebook account, even if you can't log in or access the old email address or phone number associated with it.

Reactivate your Facebook account with ease! Follow our simple guide to quickly reconnect with friends and update key settings for a secure, hassle-free return.

Tired of Facebook but not sure you're ready to leave permanently? Here are the simple steps to deactivate your Facebook account so you can always jump back in.

Learn how to easily back up your Facebook memories – photos and videos – to a cloud service like Google Photos or Dropbox with our step-by-step guide.

Meta's new privacy feature in Threads now enables users to prevent their posts from being "suggested" in other people's feeds on Facebook and Instagram.

If you used Facebook between May 24, 2007, and December 22, 2022, you can submit a claim for your portion of the $725 million settlement. Here's how.

With Facebook’s Secret Conversations enabled, your messages are encrypted end-to-end, so no one can read them. But there are loopholes.

Scammers posing as buyers are tricking Facebook Marketplace sellers into sending cash through Zelle and other payment apps. Here's how to spot the scam.

Don't fall for this scam that steals your login info. Here's how to spot it before you click and what to do if you've already been fooled into logging in.

With the new Manage Activity feature, you can easily filter you old Facebook posts and delete or achive them to  pull your private information out of the public eye.

Facebook finally lets you control how much third-party data shows up on your profile with new Off-Facebook Activity privacy tools.

Facebook wants to help you make friends, find dates, and have completely private conversations with end-to-end encryption. But after a year of privacy missteps, is it enough?

Facebook Messenger's unsend feature lets you delete messages, but there are limitations. Here's what you need to know before you press unsend.

In the company's latest privacy scandal, Facebook allowed business partners see messages and contacts long beyond they offered services that required access.

Facebook's voice-controlled Portal and Portal+ may look like an Amazon Echo Show or Google Home Hub, but they are purpose-built for video calling.

A software bug caused everything on Facebook to be posted publicly by default for almost a week, affecting 14 million users.

Through partnerships with big tech companies, Facebook has been sharing your personal information even if you told them not to.

Facebook has put up a link so you can easily check to see if Cambridge Analytica has your personal data.

Even if you aren't tagged in photos, Facebook can notify you when they're published.

The information in barcodes on boarding passes and other tickets can compromise your identity.

Help stop the spread of misinformation with Facebook's new "fake news" reporting tool.

The latest updates to Facebook apps make watching videos convenient, although you might want to know how to turn off the autoplay feature.

Facebook's Messenger app is more than just a text messaging app. It lets you send money, call an Uber, order flowers play games and much more.

There are solutions to the most common Facebook frustrations. So check out our guide and get back to Liking Facebook.

The social network's reactions feature rolled out to everyone today, so you can finally show your love or dislike of a post.

Did you click the popular app that tells what your most-used words on Facebook are? You may be open to massive privacy issues; Techlicious explains.

Facebook has quietly let strangers contact you through your Messages "Other" mailbox, now people who aren't your Facebook friends will pop up as Message Requests.

Has your iPhone battery been draining faster than usual lately? Facebook for iOS may be to blame. Find out what you can do to stop the drain.

Facebook is testing new ways solutions to make shopping and product discovery easier. Among them is a dedicated Shopping feed.

Most social networks now autoplay videos in your feed by default, but you can disable this setting on Facebook and Twitter with a few simple steps.

Facebook Moments now automatically creates personalized, customizable music videos from any shared Moment with 6 or more photos.

A new Pew Research Center poll shows that 63% of social media users (Twitter, Facebook) now get their news there.

Taking a page from Snapchat, an update to the Facebook photo editor interface allows the easy addition and manipulation of stickers, text and filters.

Facebook Messenger has scrapped always-on location tracking in favor of letting you share your exact GPS location with friends with a finger tap.

The new Add a Link feature for the Facebook iOS app lets you search for links to attach to status updates without needing to open a browser.

Facebook is giving a small number of users the ability to promote chosen friends' content to the top of their News Feeds.

The new Facebook app Hello (Android only) gives you information about incoming calls, pulled directly from the Facebook profile of the caller.

Facebook Scrapbook allows you to easily create dedicated albums for your kids on your own profile using the site's photo tagging feature.

When a loved one dies, what happens to their various accounts? What you should know and what options do you have to protect and honor your family and friends.

Don't get fooled by a hoax — many online lies and scams can be detected and fact checked in seconds if you know what to look for.

Facebook now lets you name a legacy contact able to perform simple account management tasks in the event of your death.

The bill, if passed, would create stricter privacy regulations and empower the FTC to police violations by companies like Facebook and Google.

Facebook is changing its News Feed algorithm to reduce the number of hoaxes, scams and false news stories appearing on your Timeline.

Researchers have developed a computer program that can accurately guess your age, gender, intelligence and more based on your Facebook likes.